As we wandered rooted to the ground, so many winged creatures hovered above us.
The raven symbolic of King Matthias Corvinus. Angels, cherubs and griffins galore.
Warlike eagles. The falconer so grim he appears ready to man a guillotine.
Fantastical animals derived from their creators’ nightmares.
A contemporary breasted owl suspended above giant lips is no more whimsical than a centuries-old Icarus-type figure bearing the soles of a saint.
Hungarian National Gallery
Budapest History Museum
Hungarian National Museum
raven symbolic of King Matthias
outside of Buda Castle
entrance to City Park
Galeotto Marzio, the Italian court historian of King Matthias
Hungarian National Museum
inlaid panel of furniture in Hungarian National Museum
Kunsthalle Institution of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
stained glass griffin in Museum of Ethnography
printing press in Budapest History Museum
entrance to City Park
Postcards from Barton Springs 